diff --git a/tcl/board/ek-lm3s1968.cfg b/tcl/board/ek-lm3s1968.cfg
index d47e9e2ed..e79452c79 100644
--- a/tcl/board/ek-lm3s1968.cfg
+++ b/tcl/board/ek-lm3s1968.cfg
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
 source [find interface/luminary.cfg]
 
 # include the target config
+set WORKAREASIZE 0x2000
 set CHIPNAME lm3s1968
 source [find target/stellaris.cfg]
diff --git a/tcl/board/ek-lm3s811-revb.cfg b/tcl/board/ek-lm3s811-revb.cfg
index aa6e982a0..fb145e4ff 100644
--- a/tcl/board/ek-lm3s811-revb.cfg
+++ b/tcl/board/ek-lm3s811-revb.cfg
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@
 source [find interface/luminary-lm3s811.cfg]
 
 # include the target config
+set WORKAREASIZE 0x2000
 set CHIPNAME lm3s811
 source [find target/stellaris.cfg]
diff --git a/tcl/board/ek-lm3s811.cfg b/tcl/board/ek-lm3s811.cfg
index f8b3a2e82..db7324a72 100644
--- a/tcl/board/ek-lm3s811.cfg
+++ b/tcl/board/ek-lm3s811.cfg
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@
 source [find interface/luminary.cfg]
 
 # include the target config
+set WORKAREASIZE 0x2000
 set CHIPNAME lm3s811
 source [find target/stellaris.cfg]
diff --git a/tcl/target/stellaris.cfg b/tcl/target/stellaris.cfg
index 0afe2e791..06f27c568 100644
--- a/tcl/target/stellaris.cfg
+++ b/tcl/target/stellaris.cfg
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ swj_newdap $_CHIPNAME cpu -irlen 4 -irmask 0xf \
 if { [info exists WORKAREASIZE] } {
    set _WORKAREASIZE $WORKAREASIZE
 } else {
-   # default to 8K working area
-   set _WORKAREASIZE 0x2000
+   # default to 2K working area
+   set _WORKAREASIZE 0x800
 }
 
 set _TARGETNAME $_CHIPNAME.cpu
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ proc reset_peripherals {family} {
 $_TARGETNAME configure -event reset-start {
 	adapter_khz 500
 
-	#	
+	#
 	# When nRST is asserted on most Stellaris devices, it clears some of
 	# the debug state.  The ARMv7M and Cortex-M3 TRMs say that's wrong;
 	# and OpenOCD depends on those TRMs.  So we won't use SRST on those